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Former President Benigno Aquino III revealed Thursday that junior officers of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) who were part of the bloody raid in Mamasapano, Maguindanao three years ago were already having doubts before the operation but that their commander insisted to proceed.

The Supreme Court has yet to act on a motion that was filed a year ago seeking to transfer the court trial of suspects in the 2015 Mamasapano clash that left 44 elite police troopers dead, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said Thursday.

Former President Benigno Aquino III was absent Friday at his scheduled arraignment for his graft and usurpation of authority case at the Sandiganbayan 4th Division because of his pending motion to quash.

MANILA - The Sandiganbayan 3rd Division on Friday ordered the consolidation of the graft and usurpation cases of former President Benigno Aquino III with similar cases pending at the court's 4th Division against former police officials in connection with the bloody 2015 Mamasapano raid.

Former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III on Friday asserted his defense as he faced trial over the botched 2015 Mamasapano anti-terror raid in Maguindanao province that left 44 elite police commandos dead.

Former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III on Friday posted bail for the graft and usurpation of authority charges filed against him at the Sandiganbayan for his role in the botched 2015 Mamasapano anti-terror raid.

The Sandiganbayan justice who will lead the division assigned to the case against President Benigno Aquino III for his role in the 2015 botched Mamasapano raid on Friday vowed to remain objective in handling the case.

The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) has asked the Supreme Court to review the alleged downgrading of charges against former President Benigno Aquino III in connection with the 2015 Mamasapano massacre that killed 44 elite cops.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday made a rare agreement with his staunch critic Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, supporting the latter's statement that charges against former President Benigno Aquino III in connection with the bloody January 2015 Mamasapano anti-terror raid would set a bad precedent.

The Office of the Ombudsman on Wednesday charged former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino with graft and usurpation of authority in connection to the 2015 Mamasapano massacre that killed 44 elite policemen.